Marlins rookie Edgar Olmos finds out there is crying in baseball after all

And Marlins reliever Edgar Olmos thought he felt bad after giving up a walk-off grand slam to John Mayberry Jr. last night.

His little brother took it harder.

“He was crying for 10 minutes straight,” Olmos said today, refering to the reaction of 11-year-old Kevin Olmos.
“My buddies were here from California and they were trying to cheer him up. They just couldn’t. I felt so bad.”

When Olmos entered the game in the bottom of the 11th, television cameras showed Kevin and his relatives and friends cheering from their seats a section above the Marlins dugout as Olmos got Ryan Howard to fly out for the first out.

It was the second time in as many games Olmos retired Howard; he got the slugger to bounce out with the bases loaded Monday night in his major league debut.

But after retiring Howard on Tuesday, Domonic Brown followed with an infield grounder that Olmos misplayed for an error. Pitcher Kyle Jendrick pinch hit and bunted Brown to second.

Freddy Galvis was intentioonally walked, but Olmos said he suddenly had trouble locating his two-seam fastball and he walked Erik Kratz to load the bases.

After giving up the grand slam, Olmos said he felt worse when learning about his brother’s reaction.

“Even when I came out after the game, he was still tearing up. He gave me a hug: ‘I’m so sorry,”’ Olmos said.

“I was like, ‘I know. It’s OK. It happens. It’s baseball.’ He just held me tight. It was so sentimental.”

It wasn’t the first time Kevin reacted like that.

“They were watching a game (against Class AA) Mobile,” Olmos said, recalling a game for Jacksonville, “and I gave up a walk-off solo home run. My dad called me: ‘You need to talk to you brother. He was for crying 10 minutes watching the game on the internet.”’

Olmos said his little brother has the makings of a major league player.

“Great ballplayer. Switch hits and hits bombs from both sides of the plate. He’s got a cannon for an arm, too,” he said.

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Marlins manager Mike Redmond said right-hander Nathan Eovaldi will make one more start for Class AA Jacksonville before the team decides whether to active him from the disabled list. That start is likely Sunday.